Hi ,
i use the following php code to send mail :
<?php
$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";
if (mail($to, $subject, $body)) {
  echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
 } else {
  echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");
 }
?>

It writes the success message - but it doesn't send the mail . What do i need do do or change to solve this problem ?

Have you set up your SMTP settings in php.ini? By default it assumes you have sendmail running on your local system. Do you? If not, you can configure it to point somewhere else (perhaps your ISP).

More info here: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php

Jon Emerson
http://www.jonemerson.net/

Hi Jon,

Thanks, that was definitely a much better answer than mine! Looks like I can test this function on my home server now too.

Mike

Mike
EchoVue.com

I read this article , but i don't know where i can find the sendmail_path - the directory mentioned there is unix directory - but on my windows xp i can't find it.

Hi Paula,

You don't need to set sendmail_path. (In fact, if you set it to anything, it probably will not work on Windows.) Instead just set SMTP, smtp_port, and sendmail_from.

Jon Emerson
http://www.devexplore.com/developer/...jects.php?id=6